Spoiler alert! The honest answer is that you can’t mandate agility, but you can achieve it through consensus by focusing on the benefits. Even when leaders proclaim in their townhalls that your ...
A version of this article appeared in the Winter 2020 issue of strategy+business. The leaders of the financial firm’s business transformation had reason to be proud. They’d been getting good results ...
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The ability to move quickly and intelligently in response to market change is one of the definitive traits of modern enterprises. Once widely considered a supporting function, operational agility now ...
Agile leadership is a management style that involves the application of the principles of Agile software development to running teams. Rather than the command-and-control tactics of traditional ...
Is your business resilient? It’s a simple question, and many of us would like to answer with a simple yes. However, it’s the unfortunate case that many aren’t. Regulators are increasingly focusing on ...
The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission released a new paper Wednesday on uniting COSO’s enterprise risk management framework with “agile” practices in internal auditing ...
Agile is a popular approach to project management that prioritizes flexibility, short work sprints, and gathering feedback. Agile project management is a broad category that encompasses many specific ...
Evidence suggests traditional leadership styles are being replaced by Agile management techniques that encourage collaboration and foster accountability. Many business leaders say this leadership ...
At my real estate investment and management firm, we embrace a business strategy built on patience, agility and diversification. Based on my experience with this framework, I believe that any firm can ...
Developers have a responsibility to help resolve incidents. Here's your guide to a successful role in the war room No one enjoys being woken up in the middle of the night or having a weekend ...